Want to experience a day in the life of a seminarian? Register for our "25 Hours @ Meadville Lombard" event. A $50 registration fee will cover a night at the historic Blackstone Hotel and three meals. Connect with current students, meet faculty, sit in on classes, and explore your future in our program which allows you to live where you are by traveling to Chicago once a semester.

We are focused on preparing you for ministry and leadership. If you are thinking of pursuing a future in religious leadership, take a look at how we can help you on the path to your future:

Parish Ministry

Our three-year Master of Divinity program prepares students for religious leadership in congregations through a unique program that integrates academic learning with fieldwork in community and congregational settings. While we are a Unitarian Universalist seminary, we encourage those from other faith-traditions.

Chaplaincy

If you are seeking to provide pastoral care and spiritual leadership outside of a church, such as in a hospital, correctional facility or school setting, our Master of Divinity program provides opportunities for an interdisciplinary approach and in-depth study in specific areas of concentration.

Community Leadership

If you are interested in leadership work in a social agency that provides direct service or want to enact social change through interfaith mobilization, advocacy and/or spiritual leadership, our Master of Divinity program may be for you. Or, if you prefer, our two-year Master of Arts in Religion program provides an interdisciplinary approach to theological reflection, religious experience and ethical action.

Religious Education

Our Master of Arts in Religion, with a focus in religious education, contributes to credentialing as a religious educator within Unitarian Universalism. Courses provide not only introductions to RE theory, history, and philosophy, but an opportunity to teach and learn using strategies rooted in UU theology. As the host for the Fahs Collaborative for Leaders and Faith and Learning, Meadville Lombard students are able to experience cutting edge educational practices and innovations that re-open heads, hearts and minds to the wonders of the human experience.

Higher Education

If you are in the midst of an educational and spiritual journey that will take you through a doctoral degree, our Master of Arts in Religion provides a solid foundation.

Leadership

Our Master of Arts in Leadership Studies also provides advanced work for lay people, ministers, and ministerial students in the theory and practice of leadership within congregations and/or community-based ministries.

Support Our Students

I have a special reason for asking you to support our Meadville Lombard Annual Fund this Holiday Season. Her name is Tania Marquez and she’s a first year student. Tania was called to her life as a Meadville Lombard seminarian by her minister and ML alum, the Rev. Dr. Arvid Straube, recently retired as the Lead Minister at First UU, San Diego.Read More

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